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Florida · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 56: Residential Impacts from Mining Activities

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 56 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on September 17, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Residential Impacts from Mining Activities. Primary sponsor: Barbara Sharief (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (March 13, 2026): Died in Banking and Insurance.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Residential Impacts from Mining Activities; Citing this act as the “Residential Blasting Safety and Transparency Act”; providing that the Division of State Fire Marshal retains sole and exclusive authority to adopt standards, limits, and regulations for explosives used for certain mining activities; requiring certain persons to monitor and record blast sites; revising the administrative procedures and remedies for filing a petition for alleged damage due to the use of explosives in connection with construction materials, etc.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Barbara ShariefPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate35

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Died in Banking and Insurance
  2. Introduced
  3. Referred to Banking and Insurance; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Fiscal Policy
  4. Filed

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source